, 1887-11-03

| glne leaves the train and returns To
the yard, and there, after waiting two
hours, caught Horr and Rosenfield in
the act of putting the box of opium
into one of the cars. As the officers
advanced the smugglnrs dropped the
box, and started to run. but were
halted at the point of the officers
pistols The smugglers also drew
weapons, but no shot were eI-
, changed. The prisoners and opium
were brought i'll on the switch Ell
gina and the smngglers locked up
Later in the day Horr's house, on
Tacoma avenue. was seardhed, and
/ II half-pound cans of the stuff was
/ found i'll 4 trunk. These men are
supposed to have bven engaged in
this business quite extensively of
: late They will be held to appear
before the Grand Juay.
About three o'clock yesterday after
noon J. j. Holland, builder. launched
from the First ward shipyard the
stern wheel steamer Mount Vernon"
She is 90 feet keel, l6 feet beam, Il
feet hold, with cabin accommodations
for - and sleeping accommodations
for twenty. The forward cabin and
dining room is 12x2O. kitchen 5Ix2O,
ladies' cabin l0x12, freight room 17x
IL. captains room 7!XS, office 6!XI2,
and there are six staterooms with
single beds and one fGmiIy stateroom,
She is owned by Roe * Young, ex
tensive loggers on SkaSit river, and
Will ply between the SIagit river and
Seattle. She cost about $500 aud
will be commanded by Capt. Newton
Hartman. steamboat man well
known on the sound. The machinery
was taken out of the Lilly, and was
thoroughly overhauled before being
placed in the Mount Vernon. Taco
ma Ledger.
The sailing of fleet of fishing
schooners from Gloucester, Mass,
on Thursday for north Pacific waters,
reported i'll our dispatches, Is very
notable fact, made specially signifi-
cant by the circumstances of the de
parture. 1t would seem that the
Yankee fisherman, who have been
banished practically from the Attain
tic fishing banks, are turning their
attention to Pacific waters. We
have the tish-cOd, halibut, sole aud
twenty other varieties of sea-tish-
and only need capital and skillfnl
men to davelope a very great produc-
tive industry. The supply of sea-
fish is limitless in inexhaustable. and
an industry based upon it and thor
oughly established would exceed the
salmon industry in importance and
be absolutely permanent. Ii the
effect of NJ. Bayard's foolish policy
shall be TO furnish the ncrth Pacific
with a fleet of fishing boats manned
| by expert fisherman we will find it
hard to be properly indignant.
San Francisco, Oct. 29.-Local
agents of deep-water ships III port
are completely disguised with the
outlook for characters, aud are in.
clined 20 offer tonnage at lower fig
ures than have prevailed since the
winter. curing the summer rates
have been thirty shillings per ton for
iron carriers and y shillings 6 pence
| for wooden vessels. to Cork for
others. These figures have been
steadily maintained, but now brokers
are eager to accept q shillinSs
pence for iron vessels. Wooden
ships may be considered ont of the
market, as none have been chartered
for wheat for almost two months
Nearly all of them are American and
readily find more profitable business
on the coast, either coal or lumber
carriers. 1t is believed that iron
vessels may be obtained for % shill-
Ings per ton before many days, but
they will hardly be lower than that.
Oregon shippers have to pay thirty
seven shillings six pence, and the
difference between this and twenty
five shillings will about pay for the
cost of sending a ship to Portland,
including expence for ballasting,
crew, toage ont of this port, toage
two syays on the Columbia river, and
increased cost of sailors there.